Reporter July 22 2016
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Rounds: A message from the President and CEO of VUMC
Acts of horrific violence surrounding issues of race, religion, and sexual orientation seem to be happening weekly. How are we, as a medical center and as individuals, experiencing these events? Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Team to study RSV’s role in asthma formation
Investigators in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine recently received a $4.5 million Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Center (AADCRC) grant from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Young bone patient’s progress serves as inspiration to others
Janelly Martinez-Amador grabbed headlines and hearts around the world three years ago when news spread of her remarkable fight for survival against a rare metabolic disease at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Reimschisel selected as a Macy Faculty Scholar
Tyler Reimschisel, M.D., director of the Division of Developmental Medicine and the Center for Child Development, has been selected for the 2016 Class of Macy Faculty Scholars. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Dog Days of Summer
Last week, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt held a “Dog Days of Summer Paw-ty” for patients and families. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Harvard’s Vago named Osher Center research director
David Vago, Ph.D., will join the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation on Sept. 1 as director of research. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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VUMC lauded for organ donation awareness efforts
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded Platinum status by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a leader in organ, eye and tissue donation awareness. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Memorial service offers chance for sharing, reflection
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) held a Memorial Service for Recent Victims of Violence in America and the World on Wednesday to give faculty, staff and students an opportunity to reflect and share their thoughts and feelings about recent national events that have resulted in violent and senseless deaths. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Wright loves her patients and their mysteries
Everyone knew everyone in Patty Wright’s hometown of Scottsville, Kentucky, population 4,336. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Osheroff to direct Academy for Excellence in Education
Neil Osheroff, Ph.D., has been named director of the Academy for Excellence in Education. He succeeds Lillian Nanney, Ph.D., who served as director since the Academy’s inception in 2007. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Two receive Research to Prevent Blindness grants
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded two grants to faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology. Read MoreJul 21, 2016
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Harrell to step down as chair of Biostatistics
Frank Harrell Jr., Ph.D., professor of Biostatistics and founding chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Biostatistics in 2003, will step down as chair after the completion of a national search for his successor. Read MoreJul 19, 2016